Live fully each day to the full . . .

Every time you have a big blast-out experience you think that's the ultimate-everything, and of course it isn't, although you can get hints. The key however, is not to take those hint experiences to be the ultimate experience. There always needs to be a balance. For example, when you find something, by having some experience, you always want to keep looking because there could be more to it.

Imagine a culture in which everything is geared toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be; in which individuals are driven to devoting their lives to becoming enlightened by the natural flood of compassion for others that arises from their wisdom.

A lot of people, after seeking a bit, have some experience, and sometimes will believe they're enlightened. One has to be careful about that. Especially Americans, who are very external stimulus oriented. When they have some type of deep inner experience, often they think that was the ultimate experience.

That love, in the sense of wishing their happiness, will cause your actions to be effective in relation to that person.

Nonviolence against humans cannot take firm hold in society as long as brutality and violence are practiced toward other animals.

Enlightenment is not meant to be an object of religious faith. It is an evolutionary goal, something we want to become.